Skybridge and alley vacation approved
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The committee voted 5-0 to recommend Seattle City Council approve a permit for a pedestrian skybridge in First Hill and grant, with conditions, a petition to vacate part of an alley at 8623 Palatine Ave N.
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What this means
The committee backed two land-use actions that would affect private development and nearby public space. One would allow a pedestrian skybridge over 8th Avenue in First Hill, and the other would let a portion of an alley near 8623 Palatine Ave N be vacated if Council agrees to the conditions. Both recommendations passed unanimously and now go to the full City Council.
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- Recommended City Council pass CB 121242, granting FH, LLC d/b/a Skyline permission to build and operate a pedestrian skybridge over 8th Avenue in First Hill.
- Recommended City Council grant CF 314530, with conditions, for vacation of part of an alley at 8623 Palatine Ave N.
- Both items passed the committee 5-0 with no opposition.
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Transportation, Waterfront, and Seattle Center Committee
Special Meeting
Agenda
- This meeting also constitutes a meeting of the City Council, provided that the meeting shall be conducted as a committee meeting under the Council Rules and Procedures, and Council action shall be limited to committee business.
- Please Note: Times listed are estimated
- Call To Order
- Approval of the Agenda
- Public Comment
- Items of Business
- An ordinance granting FH, LLC d/b/a Skyline permission to construct, maintain, and operate a pedestrian skybridge over and across 8th Avenue, south of Columbia Street and north of Cherry Street, in the First Hill neighborhood; and providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions.
- Petition of THE YEW, LLC, for the vacation of a portion the alley lying within Block 2, Wegener’s Addition to the City of Seattle, being the block bounded by N 87th Street, 1st Avenue NW, Palatine Avenue N, and N 85th Street, at 8623 Palatine Ave N.
- Adjournment
Documents from this meeting
- Agendahttps://legistar2.granicus.com/seattle/meetings/2026/7/6833_A_Transportation%2C_Waterfront%2C_and_Seattle_Center_Committee_26-07-27_Committee_Agenda.pdf
- Minuteshttps://legistar2.granicus.com/seattle/meetings/2026/7/6833_M_Transportation%2C_Waterfront%2C_and_Seattle_Center_Committee_26-07-27_Committee_Minutes.pdf
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